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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Finished/Done?
Finished/Done with the dinner, they leave the dining table.
Are both options okay to use? And is the sentence otherwise correct grammatically?
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finish
- finish
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anonymousAre both options okay to use?
"done" is in a rather low register, so it doesn't fit well with the use of that introductory participle clause, which is in a higher register, so while both are grammatically correct, I recommend using only "finished".
CJ
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